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Nixing votes isn't fair
News, Postbag, Published on 15/03/2019
» First was the Constitutional Court's dissolution of the Thai Raksa Chart Party. Now, the Electoral Commission is weighing in with a plan to disallow the votes of voters who had been unscrupulously "led" or "influenced" into voting for certain candidates.
Join the integrity pact
News, Postbag, Published on 07/04/2019
» Re: "Graft board asks AoT for 'clear' bids", (BP, April 5). I strongly support Anti-Corruption Organisation of Thailand (ACT) chairman Vichien Phongsathorn in ACT's insistence that the Airports of Thailand (AoT), as a state-run enterprise, join an integrity pact to prevent graft during the bidding process to run the duty-free shops at AoT's four airports.I strongly support Anti-Corruption Organisation of Thailand (ACT) chairman Vichien Phongsathorn in ACT's insistence that the Airports of Thailand (AoT), as a state-run enterprise, join an integrity pact to prevent graft during the bidding process to run the duty-free shops at AoT's four airports.
Uncivil tales
News, Postbag, Published on 19/04/2019
» Re: "Future Forward's Piyabutr denies charges", (BP, April 17).
Corrupt ideologies
News, Postbag, Published on 24/04/2019
» Re: "End scourge of extremism", (Editorial, April 23). The extremism of religious zealotry is merely one subspecies of ideological zealotry. Ideologies like communism, Christianity, fascism, Hinduism, absolute monarchism, Islam, nationalist Buddhism, white supremacism and the rest all share common features.
Army undemocratic
News, Postbag, Published on 06/05/2019
» Re: "Poisonous billionaires", (PostBag, May 5). If businessmen turned politicians are "a poisonous mixture for any democratic country" (and there are many all over the world) then what can be said about army generals and the incompetence they bring to democratic ideals.
Respect for Prem
News, Postbag, Published on 30/05/2019
» Re: "Gen Prem leaves rich legacy", (Editorial, May 27). With great sadness we learn of the passing of Gen Prem Tinsulanonda, in my humble opinion, the statesman of the 20th century, a great soldier, a great peacemaker and a great communicator in difficult times, a reconciler who again united the nation and kingdom from its turmoil with communism.
Subs or clean air?
News, Postbag, Published on 21/01/2020
» I read that the first batch of Thai navy personnel are heading to China for training to run the purchased submarines (total contract value 36 billion baht).
Fed up with politics
News, Postbag, Published on 21/06/2019
» Re: "Same old politics stuck on repeat", (Commentary, June 20).
Legalise sex work
Oped, Postbag, Published on 30/04/2024
» Re: "US carrier docks in Chon Buri for 'community service", (BP, April 24).